Alligator thomsoni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Genus: | Alligator |
| Species: | †A. thomsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alligator thomsoni Mook, 1923
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Alligator thomsoni is an extinct species of alligator that existed during the Early Miocene period. Their range was principally in what is now known as Nebraska, United States.[1][2]
Classification
Alligator thomsoni is a member of the subfamily Alligatorinae, within the larger family Alligatoridae. It is closely related to the living American alligator, as shown in the cladogram below:[3][4]
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Measurements
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References
- ^ a b “Alligator Thomsoni Mook 1923 (Alligator).” Fossilworks, Fossilworks.
- ^ “Alligator Thomsoni Mook, 1923.” GBIF, www.gbif.org/species/4967707.
- S2CID 83972694.
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